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March 2004 - Foundation 5-a-day

Every Foundation sheet published in March 2004, with answers. Grades 3-4 - securing a Foundation pass: fractions, percentages, angles and the first algebra.

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March 2004

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 3-4

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Every sheet in March 2004

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  1. 1st March 2004A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 20. The real length is 1.2 m. How long is the model, in cm?
  2. 2nd March 2004A goat is tied to a post in an open field by a rope 9 m long. Describe the region of grass it can reach.
  3. 3rd March 2004A bag holds 5 red, 9 blue and 4 green counters. One is taken at random. Work out the probability it is red.
  4. 4th March 2004On a bar chart each gridline square stands for 20 people. A bar is 4 squares tall. How many people does it show?
  5. 5th March 2004Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(19) lie?
  6. 6th March 2004Simplify 5a + 4b + 5a - 7b.
  7. 7th March 2004A 500 g bag of rice costs £6.00. Work out the cost per 100 g.
  8. 8th March 2004An L-shape is a 18 cm by 18 cm rectangle with a 11 cm by 7 cm rectangle cut out of one corner. Work out its area.
  9. 9th March 2004A biased coin lands on heads with probability 0.25. It is thrown 500 times. How many heads would you expect?
  10. 10th March 2004A stem and leaf diagram has a single stem 3 with the leaves 2, 5, 6, 7, 8. Work out the median of the five values.
  11. 11th March 2004Work out 5/8 divided by 5/7. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  12. 12th March 2004A line has equation y = 4x - 8. Write down where it crosses the x-axis and where it crosses the y-axis.
  13. 13th March 2004£1 is worth 1.15 euros. How many euros does £260 buy?
  14. 14th March 2004A cuboid measures 9 cm by 9 cm by 5 cm. Work out its total surface area.
  15. 15th March 2004Rhys has 5 scores with a mean of 17. Scores 17, 18, 16, 13 are known. Work out the missing score.
  16. 16th March 2004A pie chart shows 120 items. One sector has an angle of 21°. How many items does it represent?
  17. 17th March 2004A length x is 10 cm, rounded to the nearest whole number. Write down the error interval for x.
  18. 18th March 2004The angles in a triangle are 4x°, 3x° and (x + 84)°. Form an equation and work out x.
  19. 19th March 2004A recipe for 10 scones uses 210 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 20 scones?
  20. 20th March 2004The point (1, 6) is rotated 180° about the origin. Write down the coordinates of the image.
  21. 21st March 2004The probability that it rains tomorrow is 3/4. Work out the probability that it does not rain.
  22. 22nd March 2004Of 49 students, 21 study French, 35 study German and 10 study both. How many study neither?
  23. 23rd March 2004Between which two consecutive whole numbers does sqrt(133) lie?
  24. 24th March 2004A rectangle is x cm wide and 2 cm longer than it is wide. Write a simplified expression for its perimeter.
  25. 25th March 20046 identical pens cost £7.50. Work out the cost of 10 of the same pens.
  26. 26th March 2004Four angles meet at a point. Three of them are 102°, 74° and 105°. Work out the fourth.
  27. 27th March 2004Using only the digits 1, 3, 7, 5 and no digit twice, how many different two-digit numbers can be made?
  28. 28th March 2004130 people were surveyed. 30 were adults, of whom 5 said yes. 30 of the children said yes. How many said yes altogether?
  29. 29th March 2004Work out 2/4 divided by 3/5. Give your answer in its simplest form.
  30. 30th March 2004Use v = u + at with u = 2, a = 7 and t = 8. Work out v.
  31. 31st March 2004A model of a lorry is built to a scale of 1 : 100. The real length is 6 m. How long is the model, in cm?

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